{"id":7591,"date":"2022-03-17T13:34:29","date_gmt":"2022-03-17T20:34:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/nobles\/?p=7591"},"modified":"2022-03-17T13:34:42","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T20:34:42","slug":"governor-signs-bill-addressing-diaper-need","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/senatedemocrats.wa.gov\/nobles\/2022\/03\/17\/governor-signs-bill-addressing-diaper-need\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor signs bill addressing diaper need"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Olympia<\/strong>\u2013 Today the governor signed into law Senate Bill 5838, sponsored by state Sen. T\u2019wina Nobles (D-Fircrest), to address a diaper need for Washington families who are on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) after the bill passed nearly unanimously from the Legislature.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a paramount duty to ensure the safety and health of our communities,\u201d said Nobles. \u201cAs a result of the skyrocketing prices of diapers, Washington families and children have been burdened with cost for a necessity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Diaper Need Act directs a monthly diaper subsidy to be distributed by the Department of Social and Health Services to parents and caregivers who receive TANF and have children under the age of three years old to help pay for diapers.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, parents and guardians unable to provide disposable diapers for their children have been unable to access childcare, impeding their ability to go to work or attend school. Many early childcare programs, except for early Head Start, require an adequate supply of diapers for child attendance.<\/p>\n<p>The text of the bill is available <a href=\"https:\/\/lawfilesext.leg.wa.gov\/biennium\/2021-22\/Pdf\/Bills\/Senate%20Bills\/5838.pdf?q=20220111190053\">here<\/a>. The act takes effect Nov. 1, 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympia\u2013 Today the governor signed into law Senate Bill 5838, sponsored by state Sen. T\u2019wina Nobles (D-Fircrest), to address a diaper need for Washington families who are on Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) after the bill passed nearly unanimously from the Legislature. \u201cWe have a paramount duty to ensure the safety and health of our communities,\u201d said Nobles. \u201cAs a result of the skyrocketing prices of diapers, Washington families and children have been burdened with cost for a necessity.\u201d The Diaper Need Act directs a monthly diaper subsidy to be distributed by the Department of Social and Health Services&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":7592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"disable_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7591","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-release"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Governor signs bill addressing diaper need - Sen. 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